Does Hard Drive Color Matter to You?

When I purchased my first computer, laptop, and MP3 player, the last thing I cared about was its color — I was just overjoyed to be able to call one of these gadgets my very own (plus they didn't come in cool colors like red or pink).

Nowadays, whether it be laptops, iPods, or USB flash drives, you can usually find your favorite gadget in your favorite color as well. But I must admit, seeing candy-colored external hard drives is a rarity. When external drives become just as popular as flash drives, I'll understand why they need to be splashed in 11 different colors like these My Passport Essential Portable Drives. For some reason, I think of black when I think of a hard drive, but then again, that's me having to adapt to hard drives being just as beautiful as every other gadget I own . . . But I do love my pink eGo, so maybe there is a part of me that cares.

What do you think? Do you care what color your external hard drive is?

the colored ones are usually more expensive and harder to find...i have two stackable porsche lacie ones in a nice shade of silver that work well with my other gadgets.
i've always kinda wanted those lego stackable ones.

the colored ones are usually more expensive and harder to find...i have two stackable porsche lacie ones in a nice shade of silver that work well with my other gadgets. i've always kinda wanted those lego stackable ones.

Quality first, this is important data after all. At one point I used to have all my tech stuff in pink, in a pink bag with pink pens and so on and so on. It was nice as the men techs didn't want to "borrow" my stuff. At some point I needed to be taken more seriously as a technician so I dropped the pink. I think I'm close to being able to bring some pink back as I can hold my own with the men.

colour is really important to me as i love bright colours but they have to balance out - for instance, in the above picture there needs to be a solid green hard drive because there's too much red. when i buy things i have to make sure they go with everything else i own. yeah, i'm weird like that ^_^
compatibility, reliability, price, quality are all important factors too, but given the option, i always prefer to buy bright coloured things.

colour is really important to me as i love bright colours but they have to balance out - for instance, in the above picture there needs to be a solid green hard drive because there's too much red. when i buy things i have to make sure they go with everything else i own. yeah, i'm weird like that ^_^compatibility, reliability, price, quality are all important factors too, but given the option, i always prefer to buy bright coloured things.

my hard drive is black - my brother got it for me on my birthday. if there is a choice of colors at no additional cost or for a minimal increase in cost i'd pick a color - otherwise i'm fine with standard black or silver. i decorate my stuff with stickers anyway. back in college when people still used diskettes i'd personalize mine with holographic power puff girl stickers :P (dual purpose too - i could leave them lying around on campus and everyone would know they were mine and none of my guy friends would steal my diskettes)

Yes, it does. I wouldn't let my boyfriend back-up my hard drives until he got me a pretty hard drive to copy it to (Iomega eGo in Flamingo Pink) I use the Microsoft online photo back-up to automatically back-up my photos, so I was just risking the rest. But I've never, in my entire life of having a computer since Kindergarten (pre-windows, let's just say) lost any of my stuff for any reason. Still, he INSISTS it's backed-up! I think he just thinks I'll blame him if I lose my important things. ;)

I recently bought an external hard drive and although the pink one was super cute, for the exact same price I got one with much more space. So, all other things being equal, I would go for color (preferably plum), but otherwise it's larger size for the price.

I also think silver... but my external is black. I did have a choice between black, blue, and red (and I think maybe silver, but not sure), but my favourite colour is black so I chose that.Although I might have picked pink, given the option... I love pink, too.

I also think silver... but my external is black. I did have a choice between black, blue, and red (and I think maybe silver, but not sure), but my favourite colour is black so I chose that.
Although I might have picked pink, given the option... I love pink, too.

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